Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-29

eUlos ms - tUH mrs. FfEae % Canadian
h.s nfy that = Cabinet Minister has been
/ dieied feF personal bribery.
Persian weea.
wAsHINaroN. March sS.-The Onilars-
o. Of Custeus 81 PhilAdsiphia has sab
uitted for the cefision of tie Treasury
Department The Questioa as 90 what
shall be considered tha country az ex-
/ portAtion in tie case of certain Persian
wool which arrived AZ Phsladelphia from
Lsndan, consigned 20 local merchants.
TIE Appraiser estimated the duatahls
value % the WOOL at its mafket value on
the Loncon market as the data Of ex-
portation 90 the Uaiied States. TIE
importers protested against this action.
fhey represented that the merchandise
vas purchased a. BARdad for shioment
AZ BassarOh 30 q port Ia the Unitsd
States as directly aa means Of tFans-
pOrtation would allow. Lsondon being
the pori Of transhipmenk. aocaaionod by
the fact thai there Il ne direct comma
delphia. They hold, therefore, thai the
market value Of the Wool 81 Bassarko
on the date n exp0FtAiioa Il the value
10 be estimated FOR the purpose OF Gxina
classification az the wosl. In q letter
70 the Collector a. Philadelphia on the
snbiect Acting Secretary Fairehild sayu
thar. under the provisions Of the Wos1
schedule. the duty on woods Ia depend
ent upon The value at the last
pert or place whence ID Ia imported 10
the United States. The functions OF
the appraisers are therefore, he Hars,
restricted TO the andine " the Last port
nf shipment. which they are 20 deter
mine By al reasonable means In their
power, and from this decision the emily
remedy accorded the importers 10 30 ask
a reappraisement
A Philanshreplst BEAD.
PRmcEroS IN. J. ,Mareh 2S.--Paul Z.
Tulane. q Phiianthropist and the found.
ef Of the TulaBe University al New Or
leans. died here last niqht, at sha age OF
IS years.
Presidential Appointments.
WAsaNaroN. March 2S.-rhe Presi-
dent has arpointsd Charles w. Irish, af
Iowa Oity. SurveyoF General of Nevada:
William G Hall. Secretary Of Utah Ter.
ritory. Receivers Of Public Msneys--
Beuj smin +. Busoh at Oregon City, Or
egon; rhos. W. Slsusser a. The Dalles,
OREGON; Henry O. Btllings. Of Illinois,
st HALEY. Idaho; John ). Houck a. Lake
City, Illinois.
Resewed Istereat In the Real.
NEw YoKK. March 28.-Renewed In
terest in the Baltimore and Ohio deal
was caused today BY the sudden depart
nre OF Frank O. H0llins for Baltimore
on a special train this morning. This
IS strong confirmation OF the reports
connecting the Atohisoa, Topeka and
Santa Fe with the deal.
shooting In q Gambling Den.
BosroN, March 2S.--This moraina
Adolpn A. AlbFeoht. a drugxist, vas co.
gagged In a game Of faro IN a gambling
house run BY Edward FlannigAn and
David LanAhan. Albrechf says be de-
tecfed BaDahan Ia anrattempt 10 cheat
him, and reconstructed with Lanahans
that the latter attacked him with
an iron bar, when ho (Albrechtl
IN self defense shat Lauahan through
The bead, killing him instantly; that
flannigan then attacked him and be
fred two Ekots more, one OF which en-
Tered Flanniqan's breast aud the other
bis head. AioFeeht 10 highly edaoated
Failure ef Carriage Dealers.
NEW YoRK. March 28.--The Byooklpa
Eagis says that Edmiston and Waddeil
Of East Brooklyn, were until q short
time ago, large dealeAs In carriages and
agricultural implements, and were
known all over the country, through
which their travelling agents passed.
They are nos belisyed 10 have gone 70
Canada aud that all their assets have
~ also have their books
and paper, and their confidential clerk.
The liabilities OF the firm are estimated
at nearly &300,000. IL hss been foand.
50 Il IL said. already, that $4,000 II
Exchange Bank, and 5000 Of oollaisf-
al in other banks. Houses Represented
at loday's meeting bold about $4,000
Indebtedness.